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This is what Matthew was capable of - Freeport spent an extended time in the right-front eyewall:

Grand Bahama Suffers Significant Damage As Matthew Roars Through

NINETY five per cent of the buildings in the Eight Mile Rock and Holmes Rock areas in Grand Bahama received significant damage from Hurricane Matthew on Thursday night and Friday morning, Brenda Colebrooke, the island administrator for West Grand Bahama, said. #"Portions of the homes were blown out and roofs were completely blown off," she told The Tribune shortly before 9am on Friday as authorities began making initial assessments of the damage the category 4 storm caused in Grand Bahama.

#There were, however, no reports of lives lost.

#"We had some very, very high winds," Ms Colebrooke said. "We think we caught 140mph conditions in the west. We had people still stuck in the west end area, reaching out for help. Right now we're trying to clear roads to make them passable. Our team has not reported back yet though."

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I think that was at cat 5 when it hit there...or at least 4.....but still when this goes over warm water it can escalate up from the 3 where it's at currently. The real danger for is the storm surge for the areas as tide and waves only add to the surge from the hurricane itself.

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